In the old days people died left and right because of many reason so it was important to carpe diem. They couldn’t look to the future because they didn’t know if they were going to have one. They also couldn’t look to the past because it was full of death and pain so it might depress them. The ones who were alive were just happy to see the sun in the morning. Someone from the past used to say procrastination is the thief of time so do it today and live each day as though it were your last. You have one chance at life and don`t want to have regrets about what you could have done.
A lot of people choose to carpe diem (seize the say) but many people choose not to. As for me, I like to seize the day every day of the week. I don’t know how my future will turn out so I have to live in the moment. I make the most out what is handed to me no matter the situation. Some people just look to the future and ignore the present and some people just look at the past. Adults work all day, and their whole lives hating their job just so in the future they might have that promotion or to have a nice retirement. Seize the day people are the people who love their jobs and money isn’t an issue to them. They are generally more happy than people who try too hard to make it rich. In high school I see a lot of people trying to live the YOLO life. YOLO is you only live once and I think it is over used and completely dumb. People say the saying as a way to do something stupid and make it ok by saying “you only live once so why not.” Seize the day is completely different because it means take the day and make it the best but YOLO means do whatever you want. I think YOLO is an excuse for teens to be as crazy as they can. Carpe diem is when people don’t know how long they have to live so they live every day as there last. YOLO kind of means I don’t want to be old so let’s die young. Even the popular songs on the radio idealize this idea by saying dance till we die, live while were